The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City